Things I saw or did for the first time.

First Week in Malaysia August 2013 

From my air conditioned apartment I saw people climbing down the mountain with 5 gal buckets to get water out of a spring and pack it back to their make-shift home on the hill just below me.

Ate chicken noodle soup with all the bones chopped up in it.

Saw an LDS church chapel convert into a recreation hall as they cleared away all of the lawn chairs.

Saw the sun rise over Mt. Kinabalu.

Drove on the left side of the road, from the right side of the car!

Ate Kimchi and loved it!

Bought groceries with ringgits (Malaysian money) all by myself.

Danced in the center or a Malaysian dancing circle and thought of Robyn.

Saw shoeprints on a toilet seat.

Carried toilet paper in my purse.

Saw a hose in a ladies restroom stall.

Visited a young man who rents out each tiny room of his apartment to different individuals and sleeps on his floor.

Road the underground subway “MRT” and squished my way in till there was standing room only.

Dressed in a green silk robe to be able to tour a mosque.  My short sleeve shirt wasn’t acceptable.

Ironed white shirts.

Washed my whites in cold water.

Rode in a taxi.

Got a visa stamped in my passport!

Hung up a map of Malaysia in my house.

Received a lot of stares because of my missionary badge.

Spent over an hour driving to church which is only 8 minutes away.